Ninth Circuit Decides Agua Caliente Tribe of Cupeno Indians v. Sweeney (formerly Black)

Here is the opinion.

Briefs here.

Update in San Pasqual Band Membership Suits

Here are the materials in Alegre v. United States (S.D. Cal.):

44 second Amended Complaint

46-1 US Motion to Dismiss

48 Response

49 Reply

50-1 Individual Defendants MTD

53 Response

59 DCT Order Dismissing SAC

62 Third Amended Complaint

68-1 US Motion to Dismiss

79 Response

83 Individual Defendants Reply

85 US Reply

98 DCT Order Dismissing Third Amended Complaint

Federal Court Dismisses Employee Matter at Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital

Here are the materials in Matyascik v. Arctic Slope Native Ass’n (D. Alaska):

1 Notice of Removal

1-1 State Court Complaint

9 Motion to Dismiss

17 Response

20 Reply

22 DCT Order

Eighth Circuit Decides Kodiak Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. v. Burr]

Here.

Excerpt:

A dispute over the practice of flaring natural gas from oil wells fuels the legal controversy in this case: the scope of Native American tribal court authority over  nonmembers. Several members of the MHA Nation sued numerous non-tribal oil and gas companies in MHA tribal court. Those companies operate oil wells on lands within the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation that have been allotted to individual tribe members but are held in trust by the federal government. The tribe members alleged the companies owed royalties from wastefully-flared gas. Some of these companies unsuccessfully contested the tribal court’s jurisdiction over them in tribal court. Then they initiated this action in federal court to enjoin the tribal court plaintiffs and tribal court judicial officials. The district court issued a preliminary injunction, and the tribal court plaintiffs and officials separately appealed. We affirm the injunction because we conclude suits over oil and gas leases on allotted trust lands are governed by federal law, not tribal law, and the tribal court lacks jurisdiction over the nonmember oil and gas companies.

Briefs here.

Tohono O’Odham Nation Amicus Brief in SCOTUS Border Wall Matter

Here is the brief in Trump v. Sierra Club:

TON Brief in Trump v Sierra Club

Arizona COA Briefs in Appeal on State Process on Non-Indian in Indian Country

Here are the briefs in Singer v. Palmer:

Opening Brief

Answer Brief

Reply

I admit it. Slow Indian law news day.

Eight Circuit Affirms Conviction of Habitual D.V. Offender

Here is the opinion in United States v. Oka.

New York Oneida Prevails in Property Dispute involving Reservation Lands

Here are the materials in Oneida Indian Nation v. Phillips (N.D. N.Y.):

32-1-oneida-motion-for-judgment.pdf

37-response.pdf

38-oneida-reply.pdf

39-1-motion-to-strike.pdf

40-response.pdf

42-surreply.pdf

43-dct-order.pdf

Prior post here.

Yurok Tribe Sues Bureau of Reclamation over Klamath River Flows

Here is the complaint in Yurok Tribe v. Bureau of Reclamation (N.D. Cal.):

1-complaint-1.pdf